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Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK (1970-2015)

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
26 March 2019
Topic
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Summary

This dataset provides annual estimates of species occupancy and species trend estimates in the form of growth rates for 5,293 UK invertebrate, bryophyte and lichen species for the period 1970 to 2015. Estimates are provided at the country level for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as for the UK and Great Britain (GB) where possible. These data were generated using observations of species collated by UK recording schemes and societies as the input data for a Bayesian occupancy model. The outputs resulting from this modelling framework are presented in three forms: • 1000 samples from the modelled posterior distribution of the proportion of occupied sites for each species for each year and for each region analysed. • Summary tables from the model outputs detailing mean occupancy and associated statistics including credible intervals and rhat measure of convergence. • Derived species trend estimates in the form of annual percentage growth rates. Annual estimates derived from fine-grained data (1x1km squares) have not been determined for this set of species before, making this a unique dataset that broadens knowledge on UK biodiversity change.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
22 March 2019
Harvest GUID
0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 1.768°
Spatial reference system
27700
Dataset reference date (publication)
2019-03-01
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (author); Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme (author); Ground Beetle Recording Scheme (author); British Arachnological Society (author); Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian); Butterfly Conservation (author); British Dragonfly Society (author); Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (author); University College London (author); Staphylinidae Recording Scheme (author); Cranefly Recording Scheme (author); British Myriapod and Isopod Group (author); Soldier Beetles, Jewel Beetles and Glow-worms Recording Scheme (author); Dipterists Forum, Hoverfly Recording Scheme (author); Aquatic Heteroptera Recording Scheme (author); Chrysomelidae Recording Scheme (author); British Lichen Society (author); Riverfly Recording Schemes (author); Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London (UCL) (pointOfContact); Riverfly Recording Scheme (author); Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (collaborator, author); Gelechiid Recording Scheme (author); Hoverfly Recording Scheme (author); Lacewings and Allies Recording Scheme (author); Grasshoppers and Related Insects Recording Scheme (author); Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording Scheme (author); NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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Licence information

\u00a9 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Natural Environment Research Council), If you reuse this data, you should cite: Outhwaite, C.L., Powney, G.D., August, T.A., Chandler, R.E., Rorke, S., Pescott, O., Harvey, M., Roy, H.E., Fox, R., Walker, K., Roy, D.B., Alexander, K., Ball, S., Bantock, T., Barber, T., Beckmann, B.C., Cook, T., Flanagan, J., Fowles, A., Hammond, P., Harvey, P., Hepper, D., Hubble, D., Kramer, J., Lee, P., MacAdam, C., Morris, R., Norris, A., Palmer, S., Plant, C., Simkin, J., Stubbs, A., Sutton, P., Telfer, M., Wallace, I., Isaac, N.J.B. (2019). Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK (1970-2015) . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84